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Originally Posted by jrsub
Pete, regarding your interest in my DAC-2 vs D100 comparison, I agree with your assessment that the Wyred DAC-2 DSD SE is a full bodied DAC that does a great job smoothing out bright sounding material. I find the McIntosh D100 has a different presentation of sound compared to the Wyred.
Overall, I find the D100 to have a thinner less robust sound. I wouldn't call the D100 bright, but it is definitely less forgiving than the Wyred on some material. However, on piano material such as Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, or Hiromi, I prefer the D100 as I feel it is closer to the real sound of a piano which can sometimes be bright. I felt the Wyred smoothed out some of the natural rawness of the piano. I also felt this was true with acoustic guitar material. I preferred vocals on the Wyred which provide Mark Knopfler and David Johansen with robust full voices which were a bit thinner sounding than I prefer on the D100. I think some may find the Wyred less fatiguing over extended listening sessions, but maybe not as true to the source as the D100.
I would say they are both great DACs with my preference being the Wyred for Rock and female vocals, and the D100 for piano and acoustic guitar. I think the Wyred really excelled on cymbals and drums, with the cymbals really sounding like cymbals instead of bacon frying and snare drums being crisp sounding. On the flip side the D100 when listening to Ottmar Liebert seemed to convey a sense of speed when running the scales that I didn't noticed as much with the Wyred.
As you can probably tell I seem to like them both and cannot figure out which one to keep, but in the end there can only be one so I will keep listening until I can decide. Enjoy!  |
jrsub.....these are very interesting comparisons. I don't recall at the moment-how long did you say you have owned your DAC-2 DSDse?
The DAC-2 DSDse is very definitely a VERY full-bodied and robust sounding DAC. I love it. I have listened to some piano pieces and thought it sounded excellent...though I haven't listened to a ton of piano material as yet.
Also, just curious what type of transport are you using?
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Main System: VPI Prime Signature TT in Rosewood, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Stillpoints LP1 V2, McIntosh: MP100, MR78, MCD1000 Transport on Stillpoint Ultra Minis, MDA1000 D/A Converter on Stillpoint Ultra Minis, MS750 Music Server, C40, MC501's (3), Soundcraftsmen: DC2215 Eq/AS1000 Real time analyzer, DBX 3BX II, Carver C9, Nakamichi Dragon, Crown SX724, Crown D-75A (as headphone amp), Sony XBR55X900E 4K TV, JBL L220A's, JBL B460, Sumo Delilah active crossover, WireWorld Silver Eclipse audio interconnects, WireWorld Starlight and Silver Starlight Coaxial Digital interconnects, Wireworld SuperNova 7 Toslink digital interconnect, WireWorld Aurora 7 and Silver Electra Power cords, Wireworld Silver Eclipse 8 speaker cables, Terk AF-1 Powered Antenna, Oppo UDP-205 4K Blu-Ray Player, Bryson BUC-1 USB Converter, Wireworld Gold Starlight XLR Digital interconnect, PS Audio Direct Stream Power Plant 12 on Stillpoint Ultra Minis, PS Audio Dectect, FuruTech Flux-50 NCF Inline Power Filter, Add-Powr Wizard EM Field AC Line conditioner; Stillpoint Ultra SS's under (3) McIntosh MC501 Amplifiers
Florida Room/Art Studio System: Harmon Kardon T60 TT/Ortofon 2M Black, McIntosh: MR77, C32, MC2205; Crown Power Line Four, Wyred for Sound DAC-2 Digital to Analog converter, Soundcraftsmen AE2000 Eq, JBL 4313B's, JBL 2241-based Sub, JBL BX63A Active Crossover, Oppo BDP-105D Blu-Ray Player, Samsung 5500 Series 32" Smart TV, Terk AF-1 Powered Antenna
Master Bedroom System: McIntosh: MX120 Theater processor, MC206 6-channel amplifier; MR74 AM/FM Tuner, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, JVC HM-DH40000U D-Theater Digital VHS, Phase Technology PC80 Towers (now used as stands), (2) JBL 4401's, (1) JBL Studio 6IW speaker, (2) JBL Studio 6IC speakers, Sony XBR-49X900E UHD TV, Panamax 1000 Line Conditioner, (2) JL Audio E110 Subwoofers, Wireworld Solstice speaker cables, Wireworld Aurora Power cords, Wireworld Equinox and Solstice speaker cables and various other flavors of Wireworld and Audioquest cabling
Office System: Marantz 150 Tuner, Crown DL 2, Crown EQ 2, Crown SA 2, Crown D-75A (as headphone amp), McIntosh MCD7009 (as transport), DBX 3BX Series II, Oppo BDP-103 Blu-ray player, JBL 4401's, JL Audio E112 Subwoofer, Samsung 5500 series 32" Smart TV, Wire World Oasis audio interconnects, Wire World Solstice speaker cables, Wyred for Sound DAC-2 DSDse Digital to Analog converter, Wireworld Starlight Coaxial Digital Interconnect, Sennheiser HD800 Headphones, Sennheiser HDVA600 Headphone amp, Wireworld Silver Eclipse Balanced Interconnects, Wireworld Platinum Starlight USB Cable, Add-Powr EAU-2 AC Harmonic resonator
High Resolution Source: HP Omen 17" Gaming Laptop
Last edited by Vintage Pete; 07-05-2014 at 02:36 PM.
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